with Christy
I walk down the stairs and there she sits, criss-cross-applesauce, in the middle of the living room floor. Blanket laid out. Pillows scattered around. Her favorite Dry Erase Books fanned out in front. Her treasured box of dry erase markers in a variety of colors. A neat little stack of paper towels folded beside her. She’s got her tongue out…
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Show of hands, please… Who LOVES spending two hours (or more) of their life grocery shopping every week? (Hint: If you answer “yes”, then this post is not for you!) Every. Single. Week. Drive to the store. Park. Walk down the aisles. Up the aisles. Check the list. In stock? Out of stock? Compare prices. Place (sometimes shove) alllll the…
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Instant Pot = Game Changer. It does all the things. It is ahhh-mazing. From pressure cooking, to slow cooking, to rice making and more. I had heard all the hullaballoo and knew I needed this cooking gadget in my life, so I asked for an Instant Pot for Christmas. One year later, and I have used it no less than…
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Thanksgiving Meals. They are BIG productions. There’s a lot of meal planning involved. Recipe gatherin’. Shoppin’ list makin’. Grocery store visitin’. Strategizin’. By the time you sit down, someone, or many someones, just completed a cooking marathon. They poured all the ingredients and all the love into each and every dish. (Maybe even a couple of bad words when that…
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Ya’ll. Have you heard about the Instant Pot?? It’s a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, sauté -er, and much more! I got one for Christmas last year and I’ve used it no less than once a week ever since (sometimes twice in one day)! For a while, my oven wept from neglect. You can do so much in this one…
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